India logged 5554 new coronavirus infections which raised the tally to 44490283 while the active cases further declined to 48850 the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday.
The death toll climbed to 528139 with 18 fresh fatalities which included two deaths reconciled by Kerala data updated by the ministry at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 011 percent of the total infections The national COVID19 recovery rate has increased to 9870 percent the health ministry said.
A decline of 786 cases has been recorded in the active COVID19 case count in a span of 24 hours it said The daily positivity rate was recorded at 147 percent and the weekly positivity rate at 180 percent the ministry said.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 43913294 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 119 percent it said According to the ministry 21477 crore vaccine doses have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID19 inoculation drive.
Indias COVID19 tally had crossed the 20lakh mark on August 7 2020 30 lakhs on August 23 40 lakhs on September 5 and 50 lakhs on September 16 It went past 60 lakhs on September 28 70 lakhs on October 11 crossed 80 lakhs on October 29 90 lakhs on November 20 and surpassed the onecrore mark on December 19 2020.
The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore cases on May 4 three crore cases on June 23 2021 and four crore cases on January 25 this year The 16 new fatalities included four each from Delhi and Maharashtra and two from Haryana.

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Source:- CNBCTV18